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 Snail - Hygromia?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-04-2008 23:57
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Does anyone here know about snails? I found this one in my garden in southern England today (23/4/2008). It is 1cm across and roughly fits Hygromia limbata but I don't know snails well enough to be sure. When Kerney & Cameron was written it was only known from scattered colonies in southern England (Wiltshire & Devon) but I wonder if it has spread?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-04-2008 23:58
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Posted on 23-04-2008 23:58
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| diphascon |
Posted on 24-04-2008 11:27
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Hello Chris, Hygromia alright, but I'd vote for H. cinctella, a mediterranean species that has been spreading very successfully over Western Europe during the last fifteen years or so. cheers - martin |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-04-2008 21:30
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thansk for that - I guessed cinctella first but then changed my mind!  I just had word back from Steve Gregory in Oxford and he agreed with H.cinctella and he has recorded it in Oxford and another town close to me. |
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